i've discovered that the best cure for a sore throat is raspberry sorbet

at least it's better than gargling salt water. gross.

today was the first day of classes for me. yale has this "shopping period" thing were you don't register for classes until 2 weeks after everything starts so you can sort of experience the classes before committing. kind of weird but kind of good. i went to two classes today. the first was a molecular biology of prokaryotes very similar to the proks class i took at cmu. so i'm not taking that one. the second was a cell bio course. now, i've taken cell bio and advanced cell before so i really feel like i should have to take the class. but i haven't taken cell since junior year spring semester, and, biology being the way that it is, there have been a good number of techological advances and new discoveries since that time. today i felt that i recognized over 60% of the material, but there was some that was new. like a little update. i wish they had a classes that was just "updates in cell bio: the important things that happened in the last few years!" but they don't. so now i'm not sure if i should take this class or not. at my advising meeting they told me not to take it if it seemed redundant. but is 60% redundant too much redundancy? i have until the 14th to decide, but it seems like a big decision. i don't know. i think after the next class on monday (yes i have classes on labor day, stupid yale) i'll see if i still know 60% or greater of the material and if so i'll talk to the professor and see what she thinks. i should probably go back through my old cell bio notes to see what was actually covered in detail in past classes. ugh.

tonight we all watched robin williams live on broadway which is amazingly hilarious. if you haven't seen it, go right now to the video store and buy it because you will love it to death and laugh your ass off. oh my goodness.

tomorrow is the "organizational meeting" for another class that i'm debating whether or not to take -- i'll probably take this one if i don't take the cell class. and then there is the core genetics class that everyone gets to take. i don't think i can get out of that one even after taking advanced genetics. whatever, it should be interesting. really if i could i would take all seminar classes where i would just have to read a bunch of scientific papers on various topics and then discuss them in a small group. that would be nice.

also tomorrow i might be going to mory's, which is a "drinking-- i mean eating and drinking" club. i have a coupon for a free dessert! woohoo. i still can't drink though.

the monster in my throat is still thriving, despite all the salt water, cough drops, tylenol, and raspberry sorbet i keep throwing at it. poop monster. i went to the doctor today and found out that it's not strep. i don't know if that's a good thing or a bad thing. if it was strep they could just give me amoxicillian to get rid of the damn thing. but no, i just have to suffer. grrrrrrrr. the doctor said it should be gone by the beginning of next week. it better be. i want to be healthy again.

let's see what else.... friday i'm meeting with two professors to talk about rotating in their labs. one i'm really interested in and the other i'm not sure. i still have a list of more people to email, so no real worries. picking a lab is going to be hard because no matter how many times i read over the descriptions of lab work, there's not much that sticks out at me. poop. there was one lab that i really was interested but that prof is not accepting any new grad students this year and that sucks. oh well, i'll probably be happy wherever i end up, it's just a matter of getting there. i know you all care so much, so i'll keep everyone updated.

i signed up to audition for the adaptation of henry iv by tom stoppard. i probably won't get in the show since there are only two female parts and about a million and one undergrads signed up to audition. we'll see what happens i suppose.

in other news, there are no boys in biology. they are all ugly poopfaces. not even one semi-cute boy. boys are stupid.

at any rate, i'm still pretty much bored out of my mind. and i'm doing a really bad job of meeting new people. i kind of suck. i'm not trying to imply that carolyn, erica, and chris are bad people or bad friends, but i need more people. i need more different groups of people to hang out with. specifically, i need a group of people who don't care about biology. hopefully i will find then eventually. maybe a bunch of cool people and cute boys for me to look at will drop out of the sky onto my front porch. that would be nice.

it's time to go to bed soon, because i have to be awake at 9am.

goodnight fluffies.